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ADoLPHUs MAYER, on nRooKLYN, AND MAX MUELLER, oF NEW YORK, N. Y.'

VEN DING APPARATUS.

"SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,610, dated September 30,1890.

Application filed October 31, 1889.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, ADoLrHUs MAYER, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and YState of New York, and MAX MUELLER, of New machines, and more particularly to machines arranged to deliver tickets or stamps upon the deposit of a coin of predetermined value, the main objectsl of the invention" being to provide for a positive uniform feed, to provide for the printing of the time of delivery upon the ticket, and to prevent fraud by un- 'principled parties, it having been found that machines of the class to which our invention relates have been defrauded by the deposit of a piece of lead, iron, or metal of a size approximating that of the coin in connection with which the machine is `designed to operate.

To the ends above named the invention consists of certain novel constructions, arrangements, and combinations of elements, which will be hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claims. Y

' Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on line 2 2 of Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view on line z ,z of Fig. 2. Fig. et is an enlarged cross-sectional view on line ma: of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view of a modified form of web-holder, and Fig. 6 is a view of a portion of the web employed in connection with the machine.

In the drawings above referred to, 10 represents a case in* which the operating mechanism of our improved vending apparatus is housed. Above the top plate 11 of the case -10 we arrangea slide 12, that is provided with a handle or knob 13, and connected with an inner slide 14 by studs 15.

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plate 11 there is a coin-receiving slot 16, which registers with a coinway 17, in connection with which way we adjustably mount a plate 18, having a slot 19, one of the defining-Walls of which is curved, as shown at a. A pivotally-mounted table or arm 21 at times rests beneath the coinway 17 and acts as a support for the coin passed inward through the slot 16, the arrangement being such that if a coin of proper value be deposited it will be held by the arm or plate 21, and the plate 18; but if a coin or blank of less thickness or diameter than that of the coin of prescribed value be passedin its upper edgewill be unsupported by the plate 18, and it Will roll from the arm or plate 21 and onto the bottom of the case 10. The object of forming one of the defining-Walls of the slot 19 with the curve ct is to provide for the holding of any nickel or five-cent piece that may be deposited, it being understood that there are two styles of nickel or five-cent piece, one style of nickel. being slightly thicker but of less diameter than the other style. y

Just beneath the coinway 17 We arrange a flaring-mouthed chute 22, which serves asa guide to deliver the coin to a tripping-lever 23. This tripping-lever 23 is pivotally sup ported at b and provided with a counterbalancing-weight 24, a spring-leaf 25, and retaining-pins 26, such retaining-pins being so placed that they will prevent the downward passage of acoin. The tension of the springleaf 25 is such that if a coin or blank of a weight less than that of the coin in connection with which the machine is designed to operate be deposited and delivered to the spring-leaf 25 such leafwill not be depressed below the points of the pins 26, and the coin Will slide from the leaf and into the bottom of the case.

As before stated, the table or arm 21 at times rests beneath the coinway 17, thefparts being shown in this position inFigs. 2 and 3, the table being carried to the position indicated when the slide 12 is moved to the rear,

as by such movement a downwardly-extending stud 27 is brought into engagement with aspur 28, and the table 21 is carried forward; but when the slide 12 is moved forward or to IOC the left a spring 29 will act to carry the table or arm from beneath the coinway 17.

The plate 14 carries a rack 30, and this rack engages a gear 31, which in turn engages a pinion 32, that controls a disk 33, having teeth c, that engage a pinion or small gear 34, arranged to drivea shaft 35, that carries a fan 36, the object of the fan being to prevent too rapida movement of the slide 12 in either direction. The disk 33 has a radial slot d, in which there is arranged a stud or pin e, that serves as a support-forarod 37, this rod being jointed at f to provide for adjustment as to length, and being provided at its lower end with a downwardly-extending spur g and a forwardly-extending spur g', the spur g normally resting upon a web A, that is drawn from a reel 40 or from a box or holder 40, as shown in Fig. 5. In the web A there are a number of apertures h, (see Fig. 6,) such apertures being by preference arranged vbetween each ticket or stamp, and in adjusting the rod i 37 and connectingV the same lto thev disk 33 care should be taken that the throw of the prong gv should be exactly equal to the width of the ticket-that is, to the distance between the slots or openings h. From the reel or 4holder the web A is carried forward over su pporting-rollers 38 and 39 to a series of printing-disks B, and thence onward and over a fixed blade 42, and in order that all retrograde motion of the web may be prevented we provide an adjustable retaining-rod 37a, which has a claw t', adapted to engage the apertures h.`

Above the printing-disksB we arrange a platen 43, that is carried by a lever 44, said 1 lever being fulcrumed at k and being normally held depressed by a heavy spring 45. This lever 44 is provided witha downwardlyextending projection 4,6, that' is preferably in the form of a set-screw, as shown in the drawings, the point of the projection 46 riding upon the upper face of a strip 47, that is rigidly connected to theslide or plate 14. In the strip 47 there is a recess Z, the forward defining-wall of said recess being vertical and the rear defining-wall inclined, whereby when the slide 12 v and with it the plate or slide 14 is drawn forward the spring 45 will act to draw the lever 44 downwardand the web A will be carried against an inking-ribbon 48, which passes over the printing-disks, thus pro.- ducing an impression. When the slide 12 and the parts controlled thereby are moved backward, the lever 44 will be raised just as the projection 46 would strike against the forward defining-wall of the recess l, this raising of the lever being brought about by means of anarm 49,which is. pivotally connected to a projection 5,0, that extends downward from the plate or slide 14, Vthis arm being formed with a laterally-extending flange fm, that engagesa pin 5l,` carried by the lever 44, the arrangement-being such that the pin will ride up upon the inclined flange m, and the projection 46 will be therefore moved to a position to clear the forward defining-wall of the recess Z. When the slide 12 is moved forward, it is necessary that the flange m of arm 49 clear the pin 51, and to this end we c'ut away a portion of the hub of the arm 49, as shown at o, and insert a limit-pin o', as clearly shown in the drawings. As the slide 12 is moved forward the disk 33 will be advanced, as indicated by the arrow shown in connection therewith, and just after the initial forward movement of the slide the projection 46 will drop into the recess Z and the ticket will be printed, the prong g of the rod 37 at this time riding upon the upper surface of the web A; but just after the printing has been brought about the said prong g will enter one of the slots h and the web will be carried forward. As the slide 12 approaches its full forward stroke a downwardly-extending arm 52 will bear against the upwardly-extending arm p of a lever 53, the forwardlyfextending arm p of said'lever bearing upon a blade 54, that is pivotally mounted in connection with the blade 42, the arrangement being such that the blade 5.4 will be forced downward and the ticket will be severed from the web. After the ticket has been severed from the web it drops upon a plate 55, which said plate is rigidly connected to a shaft 56, and normally upheld by a spring 57. Jlhe shaft 56 carries an arm 58, which, as the slide 12 advances, is i such that the plate 55 will be carried downward in the direction of the arrow and Athe ticket will drop out of the de1ivery-aperture q.

The hub of the arm 58 is slotted, as shown at q', and in the slot so formed there rides a pin q2, that is fast upon the shaft 56,whereby provision is made for 'the passage of the rod 59 upon the return of the slide.

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ln connection with the printing-disks B we arrangeI a clock mechanism D, which mechanism controlsfa ratchet' 60, having twentyfour teeth that are borne upon a lever 6l, which carries a spring-pressed pawl 62', said pawl engaging a ratchet 63, that controls the time,- disk, the arrangement being such that as the ratchet 60 advances in the directionof its arrow the lever 61 will slip from engagement with one of the ratchet-teeth and be drawn back' upon the following tooth, this movement of the lever being brought about by a spring 6 4. Asthe lever 61 is moved, as j ust above described, t-he pawl 62 will advance the ratchet 63 and withl it the time-disk one.- twenty-fourth of a revolution, all retrograde movement of 'the ratchet- 63 being prevented by a pawl 66.` y

The ratchet 63 controls a disk 67, upon which there is mounted a spring-supported pawl 68, that is arranged to engage a.I ratchet 69, such ratchet having thirty-twoteeth,y and ITO and heldin position by a pin 71. The ratchet 69, that controls the day-printing disk, is preferably provided with thirty-two teeth, for thereason that thirty-two is a convenient number to be cut by the lathe, and there must at least be thirty-one teeth to allow for months having` thirty-one days.

In order that the inking-ribbon may be advanced slowly across the printing-disks B, we provide the lever 44: with'a downwardly-extending` arm 72, carrying a hook-pawl 72, which engages a ratchet 73, carried by one of Athe ribbon-supporting rollers, whereby at each throw of the lever 44 the inking-ribbon will be slightly advanced.

NVe have hereinbefore described the mannerin'which coins or blanks of less than the required thickness or diameter are discharged from the coinway 17, and also the manner in which coins or blanks of less than the required weight are discharged from the spring-leaf 25. It now remains to describe the manner in which coins of the prescribed weight or coins in excess of the prescribed weight affect the mechanism.

If a coin of the prescribed weight be delivered, the leaf 25 will be depressed andthe coin will slide to a position such that it will be supported by the pins 26, the lever 23 being slightly depressed at this time, but the downward movement of the lever being arrested by a spring 8O, that is carried by a lever 81, which said lever bears upon the lower en d of a sliding bolt 82. If the coin be ofproper weight, the spring will simply be depressed and the lever 81 will not overcome the weight of the bolt 82; but if a heavier coin be deposited the lever 81 will be raised and the bolt S2 carried into engagement with a recess formed in the slide or plate 14, and all forward movement of the slide 12 will be prevented. In order that the coin after beingA caught by the pins 26 may be discharged from the leaf 25, and the lever 23 thus be permitted to return to its normal position, we provide a fixed spur 83, which, if the forward end of the lever 23 be thrown downward, will bear against the lower face of the leaf and force the coin from the pins; and to bring about this downward movement of the forward end of the lever 23 we provide thelever with a laterally-extending pin 84, and we provide the plateA or slide 14 with two downwardly-extending rods 85 and 85a. Thus the arm 85 when a proper coin has been deposited will strike the pin 8a of coin-lever23 at the end of the forward movement of the operating-slide, and thus dislodge the coin. The arm 85 contacts with pin 84 and depresses the lever -23 upon the backward or return movement of the operating-slide and dislodges a too-heavy coin, should there be one on the spring-leaf 25, the slide being permitted a slight movement at all times without affecting the operation of the delivery mechanism.

Vith such a machine as the oneabove described it is desirable that the machine'be locked and the deposit of a coin be prevented in case the web is exhausted, and to this end we provide a Y-lever 87, the lower arm of which normally rests upon the upper face of the web between the guiding-rollers 38 and 39, whereby the forward end of the upper arm is held above and out of register with a projection 88, that is carried by the slide 14; but after the web has become exhausted the lower arm will drop and the forward end of the upper arm will be carried into register with the said projection 88, and any retrograde motion of the slide'12 Willbe prevented. Prior to the deposit of a coin a bolt 90,

carried by coin-lever 28, the upper end of which bolt rides in a slot formed in the plate or slide 14, prevents all operative reciprocation of the slide, this bolt, however, when a proper coin moves the lever downward being moved to a position such that it will not engage the slide or plate.- Atoo heavy coin will also withdraw the bolt from engagement with the slide; but the continued downward movement of the coin-lever, which follows the deposit of a too heavy coin,will cause the auxiliary locking-bolt 82 to engage the said slide, as before explained.

- 'In case postage-stamps are to be sold by such a machine as the one above described, the printing mechanism will be dispensed with and a simple forward-guiding roll sube stituted therefor. The reel 40 would also' by preference be dispensed with and the holder 40V substituted therefor, this holder consisting of a box in which the stamps are arranged in a zigzag manner, as indicated, a proper tension being imparted to the stamps by a spring l0", the forward wall of the box being curved, as indicated.

At the entrance-slot 16 there is adjustably arranged on the inside of the case a slotted plate 16, the slot whereof is brought more or less into register with the entrance-slot 16, as desired, by adjusting the plate to the desired position. Thus the size of the coin-entrance may be increased or decreased, as desired, for the reception of a larger or smaller coin by merely moving the plate 16f.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. ln a vending-machine, the combination, with a .web-supporting mechanism, of a slide controlling the said mechanism, and a spurred rod operated from the slide, substantially as described.

2. In a vending-machine, the combination, I with a spurred rod and a means for recipro- IOO tially as described.V p j 3. In a vending-machine, the combination,

with an adj ustably-mounted spurred rod and a means for reciprocating the same, of a spurred retaining-rod and a web-supporting mechanism, substantially as described.

4. In a vending-machine, the combination, with a websupporting mechanism, of an extensible spurred rod and a means for actuating the same, substantially as described.

5. In a vending-machine, the colnbination, with a web-feeding mechanism, of a web-severing mechanism consisting of a knife, a lever for moving the knife, and a slide carrying an arm that actuates said lever, substantially as described.

6. In a vending-machine, the combination, with a disk and a means for revolving the same, of a spurred rod pivotally connected to a stud that is carried by the disk, and a web-supporting mechanism, substantially as described.

7. In a vending-machine, the combination, with a tripping-lever, of a spring-leaf and coin-retaining pins, the pins and the leaf being carried by the lever and movable therewith, substantially as described.

8. Ina vending machine, the combination, with a fixed horn or projection, of a trippinglever, and a spring-leaf and retaining-pins `carried by and movable with the lever in the direction of the fixed projection, substantially` as described.

9. In a coin-operated machine, the combination, with a coinway havingA a main exitopening for legitimate coin and a second exitopening for spurious coin or devices, 4of a recessed plate located at and forming one wall of the said second exit-opening and immovable either by the coin or the operative parts of the machine, substantially as described.

10. In a coin-operated machine, the combination, with a coinway having a main exitopening for legitimate coin and a second exitopening for spurious coin or devices, of a recessed plate adjustably secured at the said second opening and forming` one wall thereof and immovable either by the coin or by the operative parts ot' the machine, substantially as described.

l1. In a vending-machine, the combination, with a coinway, ot' a plate formed with a slot having a curved deIining-wall, an arm or table mounted beneath the coinway, a means for with a tripping-lever, a spring-leaf, and supl porting-pins carried thereby, of a lockingbolt 90, controlled by the lever, a second bolt- S2, a lever 81, and a spring 80, substantially as described.

14. In a vending-machine, the combination,`

with a slide controlling the mechanism, of-a tripping -lever, and a bolt carried by said lever and normally locking the slide against movement, but releasing said slide when the lever is actuated, substantially as described.

15. In a vending-machine, the combination, with a series of printing-disks and a disk-controlling mechanism, of a platen, a lever by which the platen is carried, a projection eX- tending downward from the lever, an operating-slide, a recessed rod or bar carried thereby and borne upon by the lever projection, a pivotally-mounted flanged arm 49, and a projection 5l, carried by the lever, substantially as described.

16. In a vending-machine, the combination of an operating-slide, a tilting-lever, a bolt normally locking the slide, a'tilting -lever whose movement withdraws said bolt, and an auxiliary locking-bolt normally out of engagement with the slide and movable into engagement therewith by an abnormal movement o f the lever, substantially as described.

17. In a vending-machine, the combination, with an operating-slide, of a tilting-lever and a locking-bolt normally out of engagement with the slide and movable into engagement therewith by an abnormal depression of the said lever, substantially as described.

18. In a vending-machine,the combination, with' a web-supporting mechanism, of a webadvancing mechanism, a web-severing mechanism, a plate yor tray 55, anda means for tilting said plate or tray, substantially as described. v

19. In a coin-operated machine, the combination, with the case formed with a coin-entrance slot, of a slotted plate 16a, arranged at said entrance-slot, and adjustable to bring the slot of said plate more or less into register with the slot of the case, as desired, substantially as described.

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20. In avending-machine, the combination,

with a coinway, ot' an arm or plate normally eecting the closure of the same, and a slide carrying a stud. or projection that -acts to ADoLPHUs MAYER. MAX MUELLER.

i/Vitnesses.

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